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Our Impoverished View of Educational
Research
DAVID C. BERLINER
Arizona State University
This analysis is about the role of poverty in school reform. Data from a number of
sources are used to make ve points. First, that poverty in the United States is gre

2015-2016 SCHOOL YEAR
Virginias accountability system supports teaching
and learning by setting rigorous academic
standards known as the Standards of Learning
(SOL) and through annual assessments of
student achievement.
Results from these tests which most